Chelsea Banter Archive December 24 2013

 

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24 Dec 2013 15:32:42
Hello Ed. Are PSG really interested in Hazard? Thanks for the answer, have nice holidays, cheers

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{Ed002's Note - Not as far as I am aware and enjoy your holidays.}

Not now, in summer.

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Thank god ness said that, now we know he's going nowhere.

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24 Dec 2013 12:17:07
1. Did anyone noticed how well Mikel played? You simply couldn't see Ozil on the pitch. Mikel was probably the best Chelsea player last night.
2. Stop moaning about Torres he did not get one simple pass or cross during the game. Was he active? Yes he was.
to understand striker problem you have to understand that Torres.Eto'o&Schurrle are type of strikers who usually play in pair. They are type of typical CF who holds the until his midfield joins. That kind of players are Lukaku, Benteke, Mario Gomez, Dzeko.
Diego Costa, Cavani, Falcao, Rodrigez are same type of striker like Torres, Eto'o, Rooney, v.Persie or Suarez they come out from wide positions and usually need a partner.
To play with one CF at this moment in Chelsea best solution is Ba-he is that type of player.
3. Finally you could see that playing 433 or to be more precise 41221 or 4141 which is almost the same works much better than 4231. Chelsea does not have type of players to successfully play 4231. I hope JM will finally understand the fact and switch to 433 or 442.
To guys that think I am unconditionally defend JM-yes he is one of the best tacticians but not the best! Rafael Benitez is better tactician than Mourinho only he never had financial back up as Mourinho during his career.
On the other hand Mourinho is Chelsea fan which is very important and he wants to stay long term at CFC. He is a manager that could make long term Chelsea domination in european football.

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{Ed001's Note - just to point out one thing, Torres was at his best with Liverpool playing up top on his own, he never played there as part of a pair. His problem is that his acceleration has gone, it used to give him a split second of freedom before anyone could react, now he needs to adjust his game to make up for that no longer being there.}

Haas anyone thought of playing Nando in the hole and e'to as cf. just how they play Rooney. It would ease the pressure and he grafts so could fit the role well and from there will score more goals

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And sacrifice who Andrew? I really don't think the solution to FT9 is sticking him in a position he is not comfortable with, just because he is not even comfortable in his natural position. If we are going to just find him a new spot it may as well be the wing, as he tends to drift out wide constantly, and is never where he should be.

Unfortunately injuries have taken their toll and his confidence no longer exists. Like ed001 has said, he loved it on his own because he had xabi and sg playing beautiful 30-50 yard passes over defenders that he could run onto. He no longer offers that. Best case scenario (and it has been the case for over a year now) is to move Nando on and bring in a world class striker.

His work rate is great, but we didn't pay 50 odd million for work rate. Goals win matches, and unfortunately Fernando no longer scores them

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24 Dec 2013 11:16:48
I am afraid that Mata&Hazard will leave in summer TW.

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Yeah right.

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24 Dec 2013 20:20:40
Really, wow that's interesting. Whatelse did your crystal ball say.

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24 Dec 2013 08:25:49
Come Mid January I wanna see matic next to Ramires in middle and costa infront of hazard William mata

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Definately Schurrle or Oscar instead of Willian he hasn't got a good goalscoring record

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I'd like to see Oscar come deep as part of a three man midfield with Willian, Hazard, Mata and Schurrle alternating in the advanced rules. I think Willian is better in games against stronger teams because of his work effort.

I have serious reservations about wether Diego Costa would do well in the Premier League. Lewandowski would be the ideal striker for us but his future is cloudy at best! We desperately need a talisman up front but god knows where he is going to come from!

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We've looked strong when 2 up front too. Next year I'd be ecstatic to see lukaku and costa or Martinez.

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I agree that Willian works hard, but we payed 30m for him, I think he should add a bit more going forward for that price. We could have got someone who works equally hard for a far smaller price.

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24 Dec 2013 08:03:04
Positives - we created chances to win!

Negatives - we didn't take our chances!

Clean sheet is a good thing right now though! So much better with the three in midfield! Cahill and Terry were very good, thought Willian was good too! Hazard was very frustrating! NEED A STRIKER (and a decent holding midfielder)!

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Agreed on most things. Willian indeed played well and I thought getting a clean sheet was very good as well. At least that shows us the defence can give us some security in games.
Disagree on Hazard though. I thought he played quite well. Not his best game, I'll give you that, but he was dangerous on the counter.
433 is a good way to play when away at a title contender, but IMHO we should play with 3 attacking mids when at home or against midtable clubs (when we're expected to dominate the possession).
Last point, I'd like to see Schurrle being given another run out at striker, because Torres was simply bad yesterday. Especially on the counter Schurrle has the ability to be disruptive.

Anyway, not a bad result at all.
I wish you all a merry merry Christmas! To the wonderful Eds who make this site what it is, thank you very much and enjoy Christmas!

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Guys which game you were watching? How Willian was good?? Explain to me anything he has done which was good! shoot when needed to pass, his crosses was awful!

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Agreed. How was Willian impressive but hazard bad? They played almost exactly the same other than Willian being poorer in the final 3rd.

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For me Willian works remarkably hard for the team. I won't judge his attacking play until next year; it takes a year to get used to the Premier League.

Hazard has an unusual god given talent, maybe because of this I, and others, judge him too hard. The problem is, for me, that he is so often the focal point of our attack because of said quality but so often fails with his final ball/shot.

In his defence, which he needs none from such a picky complainant, the movement of a non striker doesn't help him.

Lewandowski now and Matuidi for free in the summer would be amazing for me!

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24 Dec 2013 07:10:58
Ai. what can say torres, torres, torressss, at times I though we were playing a False 9 lol . I really miss drogba he was the best, we would've destroy arsenal with him in it

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